New York , Philomel Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. A story from Poland retold by Anne Pellowski. Illustrated in color by Charles Mikolaycak. After following the advice of an old woman known for her wisdom, a beleaguered young mother is finally able to quiet her crying infant--but then the rest of the town's babies start wailing.
Tokyo, Japan, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 101 pages, black and white Illustrations by Yoshie Noguchi. Dust jacket with small rips, tears and creases, otherwise in good condition.
Hardcover. New York , Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Wendy Watson. Cover with some markings, edgewear, otherwise very good.
Hardcover. New York , Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages, hardcvoer with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Frank Modell. Some light edgewear, spine faded. Clean, tigth copy.
New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Corners and spine slightly bumped, otherwise very good. Unhappy with their father's plan to remarry, a brother and sister have their wishes fulfilled by a stableboy who knows magic and are turned into a fox and a kingfisher.
Hardcover. New York , Thomas Y Crowell, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 31 pages, illustrated in color by Michael Hague. Sticker residue, some wear to cover, otherwise in very good condition.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by the author. In almost new condition. Clean, tight copy.
New York , Macmillan , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Dennis Nolan. Romantic tale about family & tribal devotion, which captures the spirit of the gypsy people. Rich, classical paintings complement this captivating tale. Savina, the Gypsy dancer, captivates everyone with her remarkable dancing. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket. including index. Black and white illustrations by Michael McCurdy. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color Illustrations by Sendak. In very good condition in a bright dust jacket. The famous children's illustrator joins two classic nursery rhymes within a contemporary setting. Our heroes make their way out of the urban dumps to rescue a small homeless boy. Clean copy.
New York, Simon & Schuster , reprint, 1998 (1955), Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. Two-color illustrations by Hilary Knight and SIGNED BY KNIGHT on front fly leaf. 65 pages plus scrapbook. In new condition. The original story and pictures of Eloise plus previously unpublished illustrations by Knight and photographs of Kay Thompson. Signed and dated by the illustrator, Hilary Knight, the year of publication. Scrapbook written by Marie Brenner.
Hardcover. New York , Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF WITH A SMALL SKETCH on front fly leaf. In very good condition.
Hardcover. New York , Dodd, Mead & Co., 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF on front fly leaf. In very good condition. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , Willa Perlman Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by the author. In very good condition.
New York , Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color Illustrations by James Stevenson. Dust jacket with light wear at spine. Janetta enjoys her visit to her grandfather, including such highlights as listening to the night insects make music and admiring his cat's new kittens.
Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barbara Cooney.
Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on separate bookplates on the front fly leaf. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, lovely color illustrations by Marc Simont. Spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.
New York , Harcourt, 2nd pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by J. Otto Seibold. A PIG in a spigot? An AX in a taxi? An ELF in a belfry? It can mean only one thing. . . . Richard Wilbur has been playing with his words again! Aided and abetted by illustrator J.otto Seibold, Richard Wilbur reveals that words must be used carefully--because you never know what you'll find in them!
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Rone, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Joyce. Illustrated in the retro-modern style of a 50's sf pulp, A DAY WITH WILBUR ROBINSON is filled with fun things including an Ellington-Armstrong with frogs music band, an individual fly-able jet-pack, an anti-gravity machine, and is the fun story of the search for Grandfather Robinson's false teeth. An eye-catching color illustration faces every page of text. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page, illustrated in color by Mikolaycak, light wear to dust jacket spine and corners.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Small. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia , Penn Publishing, Reprint , 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 306 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 9 color plates By George Wharton Edwards, first published with these Illustrations in 1916. This is a very bright and attractive copy. Illustrated cover label, gilt decorated blue cloth. previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Small bump on rear fore edge.
Hardcover. NY, Hawthorn Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations in 3 colors By Wells. Library binding and discard stamp to both end papers. otherwise clean and bright with no other markings.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Raschka. SIGNED BY RASCHKA on the title-page. Clean, tight copy.
Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Wells and SIGNED BY WELLS on title-page.
Hardcover. London / NY, Nister / Dutton, Unknown, N.D., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 6 brilliant chromolith plates + 80 Black & white drawings. 3 color and gilt illustrated cover. All edges red. Small town library bookplate, envelope in rear. Previous owner's inscription dated 1897. Very Attractive Copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper Brothers and Company, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. B&W Illustrations by Florence Scovell Shinn. Tissue guard over illustrated frontispiece. 223 pages. Light shelfwear, small blank sticker on rear end paper otherwise VG. Silver gilt lettering on cover spine.
NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Velma Ilsley, 93 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket and light soil. Small tear to back pastedown. Story about Christmas giving and the true meaning of Christmas. Mr. Frisco isn't on his corner selling newspapers. So Charlie buys him a pair of gloves for a Christmas present and goes looking. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY WHITE on front fly leaf. Illustrations in black & white by Don Freeman. Dust jacket has light edgewear, chips.
Hard Back . NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color illustrations by Mel Furukawa. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Price clipped. Introduces toys from various countries, gives directions for constructing them, and discusses the materials needed.
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Watson. Clean, tight copy. SIGNED BY WATSON ON TITLE PAGE.
Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Light edgewear to dust jacket, spine faded.When Becca's older brother Stevie is selected for the draft during the Vietnamese War, he decides to go to Canada instead, leaving his family upset and divided by his refusal to go to war. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday , 2nd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY JULIA AND ROBERT VAN NUTT opposite title-page. Illustrations by Robert Van Nutt.
Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky/ Scholastic, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color illustrations by the Dillons. SIGNED BY LEO AND DIANE DILLON on title-page. In their fortieth picture book, two Caldecott Medalists bring to vivid life the most famous verses from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes through imaginative paintings reflecting the world's various cultures, accompanied by a full-color explanatory glossary.
Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribners Sons, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 258 pages. Black and white Illustrations by Pyle. Tissue over frontispiece. Lettering on spine a bit faded. Light edgewear to covers. Back hinge partially cracked. Previous owner's signature on blank prelim page.
Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Author in color. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Dust jacket price clipped. Illustrated end papers.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky. Rubbing Edgewear and soil to covers. Illustrated end papers. Scarce 1st edition.
Hardcover. NY, Putnam, 1st US, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by the author. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
NY, Scribner's , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Reynold Ruffins. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Brings together more than five hundred riddles on a variety of subjects, trivial and important.
Hardcover. NY, Scribner's , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Reynold Ruffins. A monthly listing with historical and present-day facts about certain holidays mixes fancy with fact in noting all special occasions.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by author. The authors 2nd book. Sticker on the spine of dust jacket. SIGNED BY SCHWARTZ ON TITLE PAGE. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. New York, Orchard Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY HENRY AND AMY SCHWARTZ on title-page. Color illustrations by Amy Schwartz. Tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Symeon Shimin. Light edgewear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset and Dunlap, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Helen Sewell. Dust jacket with edgewear and chipping, rubbing and soil.
Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in 3-colors by Helen Sewell. Light edgewear and stains to covers. Illustrated end papers.
NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth stamped in dark blue. Black & white illustrations by Sewell. Light edgewear and soil to covers. spine faded. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Previous owner's bookplate.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Bros., 1st thus, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 31 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Marc Simont. Clean, tight copy.
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Vintage & Collectible Children's Picture Books
This section brings together used, rare and out-of-print children's illustrated books, where the artwork matters as much as the story. Expect picture books, illustrated readers and treasuries from a range of decades and artists, such as W.W. Denslow's Denslow's Picture Book Treasury and Emily Arnold McCully's Crossing the New Bridge.
You will also find storybook favorites like Jan Wahl's A Gift for Miss Milo, Randall Jarrell's Fly by Night and Philippe Dumas's Caesar: Cock of the Village. Many titles are earlier printings or hard-to-find editions prized for their plates, endpapers and jacket art, and are described down to their condition and binding.
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 "Nine Crying Dolls, The by: Pellowski/Charles Mikolaycak, Anne")
 "Tatsu The Dragon by: Van Aken, Helen")
 "When Noodlehead Went to the Fair by: Hitte, Kathryn and Wendy Watson")
 "Mr. Hacker by: Stevenson , James and Frank Modell")
 "Fox and the Kingfisher, The by: Mellecker/Robert Andrew Parker, Judith")
 "Frog Princess, The by: Isele, Elizabeth and Michael Hague")
 "Grown-Ups Get to do All the Driving by: Steig, William")
 "Savina - The Gypsy Dancer by: Tompert, Ann")
 "Singing America - Poems that Define a Nation by: Philip, Neil (Ed.) Michael McCurdy")
 "We are All in the Dumps With Jack and Guy by: Sendak, Maurice")
 "Absolutely Essential Eloise, The (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Thompson, Kay and Hilary Knight")
 "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR) by: Slate, Joseph and Ashley Wolff")
 "Bells of London, The (SIGNED COPY) by: Wolff, Ashley")
 "Moon Mother by: Young, Ed")
 "Grandaddy and Janetta by: Griffith/James Stevenson, Helen V.")
 "Emily by: Bedard, Michael and Barbara Cooney")
 "My Brother, Ant by: Byers, Betsy and Marc Simont")
 "Pig in the Spigot by: Wilbur, Richard")
 "Day With Wilbur Robinson, A by: Joyce, William")
 "Orpheus (SIGNED COPY) by: Mikolaycak, Charles")
 "Paper John by: Small, David")
 "Princess Pocahontas, The by: Watson, Virginia")
 "First Child, The by: Wells, Rosemary")
 "Waffle (SIGNED COPY) by: Raschka, Chris")
 "Felix Feels Better (SIGNED COPY) by: Wells, Rosemary")
 "Robinson Crusoe by: Defoe, Daniel")
 "Tale of Three Wishes, A by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis")
 "Flight of Pony Baker, The by: Howells, W.D.")
 "Sing Out, Charley! by: Hodges, Margaret")
 "Uninvited Donkey, The (SIGNED COPY) by: White/Don Freeman, Anne H.")
 "Folk Toys Around The World - And How To Make Them by: Joseph, Joan")
 "Mother Goose (SIGNED COPY) by: Watson, Wendy")
 "Caribou by: Wolitzer, Meg")
 "Cobtown Christmas, A (SIGNED COPY) by: Van Nutt, Julia and Robert")
 "To Every Thing There is A Season (SIGNED COPY) by: Dillon, Leo and Diane")
 "Year of No More Corn, The by: Ketteman, Helen and Robert Andrew Parker")
 "Story of the Grail and Passing of Arthur, The by: Pyle, Howard")
 "Elephants - The Last of the Land Giants by: Ravielli, Anthony")
 "Scuff The Seal by: Lida, Larrimore & Feodor Rojankovsky")
 "Tonia - The mouse with the white stone and what happened on her way to see Uncle Tobias by: Schmid, Eleonore")
 "What? A Riddle Book by: Sarnoff / Reynold Ruffins, Jane")
 "Light the Candles! Beat the Drums! - A Book of Holidays by: Sarnoff / Reynold Ruffins, Jane")
 "Begin at the Beginning (SIGNED COPY) by: Schwartz, Amy")
 "How I Captured a Dinosaur (SIGNED COPY) by: Schwartz, Henry and Amy Schwartz")
 "Three Tall Tales by: Sewell, Helen and Eleska")
 "Wentletrap Trap, The by: George, Jean Craighead")
 "Princess and the Apple Tree, The by: Milne, A.A. and Helen Sewell")
 "Peter and Gretchen of old Nuremberg by: Jones, Viola M. and Helen Sewell")
 "Blue Barns: The Story Of Two Big Geese And Seven Little Ducks by: Sewell, Helen")
 "Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy, The by: Zolotow, Charlotte and Marc Simont")